Oil-Stained Wolf still tamable in 4.0.1 (4.1 okay too)
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Re: UPDATE~!!!! OIL STAIN WOLF STILL TAMBLE 4.0.1!
Incidentally, is there a way to calm the thread title down a bit?
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Re: UPDATE~!!!! OIL STAIN WOLF STILL TAMBLE 4.0.1!
I really hope he hasn't been nerfed... He's my favorite boar in game and was a pain to tame him to keep his flames. I'd be sad if his flames really was lost...Acherontia wrote:My flaming boar on the PTR was still on fire, but I'll have another look a bit later.
Incidentally, is there a way to calm the thread title down a bit?
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Re: UPDATE~!!!! OIL STAIN WOLF STILL TAMBLE 4.0.1!
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Re: Oil-Stained Wolf still tamable in 4.0.1 (4.1 change?)
In any case--just popped on the PTR again, and I'm happy to say that Inferno is still quite inferno-ey.
The appearance-buffed pets are also still tameable with buffs; I managed one on the third or fourth try, then tried the Felscale Crawlers for thirty or so crabs before deciding that if I'm going to get a screenshot, I may as well do it with the Oily wolves. So I'm going out there now to see if it's still doable (based on the others I've tried today it certainly should be) on the PTR; will post pics if it's successful.
Edit--yup, Oil-Stained Wolves are tameable with the oily coat on the current (4.1) PTR build. No need to mass panic and tame them all today--although bear in mind the PTR changes pretty much daily.
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Re: Oil-Stained Wolf still tamable in 4.0.1 (4.1 seems okay
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Re: Oil-Stained Wolf still tamable in 4.0.1 (4.1 seems okay
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Re: Oil-Stained Wolf still tamable in 4.0.1 (4.1 okay too)
No, not at all, Tuls. Just make the following macro:
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/script PetAbandon()
The method behind this kind of tame is quite simple. Tame the beast in question, and start spamming the PetAbandon macro as the tame nears completion. The beast will almost always become tamed (and cleansed of buffs), then shortly thereafter abandoned by you spamming the macro. Occasionally, you will get lucky and use the macro at just the right moment for the above to occur.
A final disclaimer: do not tame beasts using this method who have damage-dealing or stat-increasing buffs that give you an unfair advantage. This is a glitch, and the devs have told us through informal channels that they are turning a blind eye so long as we only use exploit this glitch to preserve purely cosmetic buffs on beasts. You shouldn't get into any serious trouble from taming, say, a, Oil-Stained Worg, but the same cannot be said if you tame a beast with a buff that is more than cosmetic.
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Re: Oil-Stained Wolf still tamable in 4.0.1 (4.1 okay too)
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Re: Oil-Stained Wolf still tamable in 4.0.1 (4.1 okay too)
There's a handy resource thread of stickies that includes this information at the top of this forum: http://forums.wow-petopia.com/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=2082
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Re: Oil-Stained Wolf still tamable in 4.0.1 (4.1 okay too)
O_oCialbi wrote:Kalliope, there is no way to learn of the PetAbandon method by looking in the resource sticky, since Griffley removed any mention of it from his guide, and Acherontia's guide isn't linked (I'm aware that it got locked).
Ach's guide is the first link in the second post.
If something needs to be updated/fixed, let me know.
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Re: UPDATE~!!!! OIL STAIN WOLF STILL TAMBLE 4.0.1!
FuzzyDolly wrote:OK, so let me see if I follow this...
1) remove all gear to hast is zero
2) lay down trap
3) bait wolf
4) wolf hits trap
5) when trap time hits 16 seconds, start taming
6) cross your fingers it works
So distance has nothing to do with it? I don't know why I'm having such a hard tiem grasping this concept, and for that I apologize. I want to try this soon but want to make sure I understand the nuances before finding someone that hasn't done the quest yet.
No.
Just Tame it, remember howm uch too soon or too early you were, and adjust it for next time,
that way you will be really close as of your third try.
Dont make this hard for yourself.
Re: UPDATE~!!!! OIL STAIN WOLF STILL TAMBLE 4.0.1!
Why even do it this way anymore... there is a better and easier method now.Griffley wrote:FuzzyDolly wrote:OK, so let me see if I follow this...
1) remove all gear to hast is zero
2) lay down trap
3) bait wolf
4) wolf hits trap
5) when trap time hits 16 seconds, start taming
6) cross your fingers it works
So distance has nothing to do with it? I don't know why I'm having such a hard tiem grasping this concept, and for that I apologize. I want to try this soon but want to make sure I understand the nuances before finding someone that hasn't done the quest yet.
No.
Just Tame it, remember howm uch too soon or too early you were, and adjust it for next time,
that way you will be really close as of your third try.
Dont make this hard for yourself.
Of course it requires two empty pet slots.
I think the "how" can be found somewhere on the forums... I'll see if I can dig it up.
EDIT: http://forums.wow-petopia.com/viewtopic ... ar#p193596
Just an update on the above link... the process works, but sometimes I had to purposely try to raise my latency in order for the little bit of "lag" to be there to accomplish the task. I would try it first though.. it still works as of right now.
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Re: Oil-Stained Wolf still tamable in 4.0.1 (4.1 okay too)
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Re: Oil-Stained Wolf still tamable in 4.0.1 (4.1 okay too)
I didn't find that having a pre-tamed pet made a difference one way or another, incidentally--the crabs in Blasted Lands I couldn't get tamed after 20-30 attempts either way, the wolves took about 5 or 6 tries before it worked.
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Re: Oil-Stained Wolf still tamable in 4.0.1 (4.1 okay too)
Re: Oil-Stained Wolf still tamable in 4.0.1 (4.1 okay too)
PREP: Ensure that you have TWO open pet slots!
1. Find pet you want and tame it without regard to it having appearance "buff" or not.
2. DISMISS your wanna be pet (NOT abandon; keep it in your stables)
3. Trigger appearance buff and spam /script PetAbandon() at the last second or two of your tame.
4. Attempt to tame another pet and get the "you already have a pet" error.
5. Log out (will see pet on character screen) (do not exit game)
6. Log back in and do your victory dance with your new sparkly pet.
7. Remove the abandon macro from your buttons!!!!!!!
8. You can now abandon the pet that does not have the appearance buff if you don't want it.
This method has worked the first time, every time, on every pet that I tried to get!
For the flaming boars, have someone catch the boar on fire 2-3 second before the tame ends and start spamming the abandon macro. You do not need to time anything except how long your victory dance will be after you log back in with your flaming boar by your side